Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, on "Millionaires Row" Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept dormer with stained glass, which has the eye design from Colorado's state seal. Other features include decorative gables with a diamond pattern on the porch gable, spool and spindle porch frieze and turned posts, a wood panel entry door with two rectangular and two square glass panels and a stained glass window to the left of the door. Several metal bed frames are on the porch and a mailbox hangs on the right side of the door. A Christmas tree is on the side of the house and snow covers the roof and ground. Caroline Bancroft stands in front of a wood frame house next door with projecting bay window on left. She wears a fur coat, plaid skirt, turban hat, glasses, and has a purse in her right hand. The front end of an automobile shows in the right foreground and a wood frame house with a projecting bay is in right background.

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Image File: ZZR710000419

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"Leadville, Colo."--Back of photoprint.; Formerly F9188b.; Title from back of photoprint.; R7100004194

Identifier

F9188b DPLW

Filename

10000419.TIF

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